Lightnin' Hopkins_ His Life and Blues - Alan Govenar [150]
Note: This various artists LP includes the Dudley Alexander Washboard Band, Ed Badeaux, George Coleman (Bongo Joe), John Lomax, Jr., Joel Hopkins, and others.
Various Artists—The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men
July 16, 1959. Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick
Vocal/acoustic guitar.
“The Dirty Dozens” (no label) LP 1/Raglan LP 51
The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men was released in December 1963. It was reissued on Raglan in 1964. Both were issued with a sixteen-page insert by Mack McCormick. Contrary to rumors, there was no Arhoolie reissue in the 1970s.
Note: This various artists LP includes John Lomax, Jr., Ed Badeaux, Mance Lipscomb, and Buster Pickens (all uncredited).
Various Artists—A Treasury of Field Recordings, Volume 2
July 16, 1959; January 25, 1960. Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick
Vocal/acoustic guitar/piano*; Melvin “Jack” Jackson, speech/piano*.
“Tom Moore’s Farm” 77 (UK) LP 12/3
“The Slop”* 77 (UK) LP 12/3
A Treasury of Field Recordings, Volume Two was released (in the United Kingdom only) in 1960. It was issued with a sixty-page booklet of notes by Mack McCormick.
Note: This various artists LP includes John Lomax, Jr., Gozy Kilpatrick, George Coleman (Bongo Joe), and Mance Lipscomb (credited as “Anonymous”).
Various Artists—Blues from East Texas
November 19, 1959. Houston, TX. Producer: Mack McCormick
Vocal/acoustic guitar; acoustic bottleneck guitar*; Mack McCormick speech on **.
“Long Way from Texas” Heritage(UK) LP 1001
“Whiskey, Whiskey”* Heritage(UK) LP 1001
“Getting Out of the Bushes Tap Dance” Heritage(UK) LP 1001
“Suicide Blues” Heritage(UK) LP 1001
“Look Out Settegast, Here Me and My Partner Come”** Heritage(UK) LP 1001
Blues From East Texas was released (in the United Kingdom only) in early 1960.
Note: Blues From East Texas was a split LP with Joel Hopkins on one side and Lightnin’ on the other. It was limited to an edition of ninety-nine copies.
Unissued songs from Mack McCormick sessions, 1959–60
Vocal/acoustic guitar. Luke “Long Gone” Miles, vocal*.
“Blues Jumped the Rabbit” unissued
“Blues Come Late in the Evening” unissued
“Red River Valley” unissued
“Ella Speed” unissued
“Motherless Child” unissued
“Jack o’Diamonds” unissued
“Make Me Some Changes Soon” unissued
“Farmer’s Wife Come Creeping in Her Sleep” unissued
“No Hair at All” unissued
“Sad Hours of Night” unissued
“Boogie Improvisation” unissued
“Oh My Baby Take Me Back (Candy Man)” unissued
“Minnie Lee” unissued
“Mister Charlie Your Rolling Mill is Burning Down” unissued
“Natural Blues” unissued
“Houston Boogie” unissued
“When Mother’s Dead and Gone” unissued
“Black and Evil”* unissued
“Walkin’ with Frankie”* unissued
Various Artists—Down South Summit Meetin’
July 6 or 7, 1960. World Pacific Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Producer: Ed Michel
Lead vocal*/backing vocal/acoustic guitar, with (collectively) Sonny Terry (a.k.a. Sanders Terrell), vocal/harmonica; Walter “Brownie” McGhee, vocal/guitar; Big Joe Williams, vocal/guitar; Jimmy Bond, bass.
“First Meeting” World Pacific LP 1296
“How Long Has It Been Since You Been Home”* World Pacific LP 1296
“Ain’t Nothing Like Whiskey” World Pacific LP 1296
“Penitentiary Blues” World Pacific LP 1296
“If You Steal My Chickens, You Can’t Make ‘em Lay” World Pacific LP 1296
“Wimmen From Coast to Coast” World Pacific LP 1296
“New Car Blues” Society (UK) LP 1015
“You Gonna Need Somebody to Go Your Bond” Society (UK) LP 1020
“I’ve Been ‘Buked” Society (UK) LP 1020
“Chain Gang Blues” Verve-Folkways LP 3011
“Razor Sharp Blues” Verve-Folkways LP 3011
“Four Friends Blues” unissued
“Friends and Pals” unissued
“Blues From the Bottom” unissued
Down South Summit Meetin’ was released in September 1960.
Note: The songs from this session have been reissued in countless forms and